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Archive -- Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers Fall 2018 Meeting
Date
Saturday, October 27, 2018 9:00 AM Saturday, October 27, 2018 2:30 PM
Location
2810 Golf Road Pewaukee WI 53072
Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers
Fall General Membership Meeting
October 27, 2018
Ingleside Hotel ( formerly the Country Springs Hotel ), Pewaukee, WI
2810 Golf Road, Pewaukee, WI 53072; exit I 94 at Hwy T
Phone: 262-547-0201
Agenda
9:00 am Registration and Social Hour: coffee and rolls
10:00 am John Parkyn: Welcome and Remarks; WisARP President
10:10 am Dave Christianson: Executive Director, the Passenger Rail Organizing Counsel; West Central Rail Coalition; and New Ways to Consider Passenger Rail Services
11:00 am Arun Rao: Passenger Rail Implementation Manager; Wisconsin Department of Transportation: Update on Wisconsin State Passenger Rail Developments
Noon Luncheon
1:00 pm Andrew Selden: President, United Rail Passenger Alliance
Fun and Games of How Amtrak Gets Everything Backwards
1:45 pm Highlights of Rail Meetings and Updates:
Mark Quam and Al Schmitt for the Rail Passengers Association meeting in Miami; 20 minutes
Terry Brown and Nona Hill for the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission Meeting; 20 minutes
Robert Fisher or Nona Hill for the AAW Membership meeting; 10 minutes
Mark Quam for an Update on All Aboard Minnesota; 10 minutes
2:30 pm Questions, Answers and Discussion
2:45 pm Door Prizes: Mark Weitenbeck
3:00 pm Adjourn
"It is an honor to be recognized by the Rail Passengers Association for my efforts to strengthen and expand America’s passenger rail. Golden spikes were once used by railroads to mark the completion of important rail projects, so I am truly grateful to receive the Golden Spike Award as a way to mark the end of a career that I’ve spent fighting to invest in our country’s rail system. As Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, it has been my priority to bolster funding for Amtrak, increase and expand routes, look to the future by supporting high-speed projects, and improve safety, culminating in $66 billion in new funding in the Bipartisan infrastructure Law."
Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
March 30, 2022, on receiving the Association's Golden Spike Award for his years of dedication and commitment to passenger rail.